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London: Ackermann & Co. Poor. 1853. 1st edition. London: Ackermann & Co, , (1853). 1st ed., 4to approx.. 12-3/4” x 9-3/4”. Green cloth with large pictorial paper paste-on. 64 pages. Each page illustrated with elaborate b/w etchings An alpha bet book, including the proper phonetics for the English language . Poor; internally sound but substantially shaken; occasional li ght foxing. Binding split with spine lacking, corners rubbed and bumped. .

Large contemporary scrapbook containing 292 autographs of members of Britain's House of Lords; clipped from franked envelopes and correspondence. 14"x17" leather covers with embossed onset label, a.e.g. Approximately 80 leaves, each with one to six clipped signatures. Penciled headings indicate Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, Marquesas' galore.
Note: Given the format and vintage, we presume all signatures are genuine. About 30 clipped signatures were removed before we obtained this; we do not know when this happened or who was removed -- it is being sold as is, as we obtained it.
Condition: The clipped signatures are all Very Good-Fine. Covers are damaged with front cover detached, lacking spine.
Shipping: Included for domestic sales; International shipping via USPS Global Priority mail estimated at $80. Note that some countries may require the buyer to pay VAT or duty.

Macmillan, New York. 1928. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Garland, with added signature of Rudy . CONDITION: Good. Covers: front hinge cracked, light surface wear, a little more so at top of spine. Newspaper review affixed to ba ck free end paper has browned and left image transfer on facing p age. Signed by Garland on front pastedown; two photographs of Ga rland and company on the half-title, along with a guest pass to t he Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens signed by Rudyard Kipling w ho, as a member, gave Garland admittance. Another photo of Garlan d on the verso and a fourth affixed to a blank page facing page 2 05. Unknown whether the extra items were added by Garland or anot her. .

London: n.p.. Fair. Hardcover. 1720. 1st edition. Full title: Under the conduct of the Illustrious JAMES Marquis of MONTROSE, in two parts. The first describing the wars in the yea rs 1644, 45, 46. The 2nd part containing an account of Montrose's Negotiations abroad and the state of affairs in Scotland from th e year 1647, to the year 1650 inclusive. The 2d part being never before published, is now done into English from the Latin of the right Reverend father in God, Doctor George Wishart, Bishop of Ed inburgh, With an appendix containing 1st a Description of Montros e's pompous Funerals in the year 1661. 2dly, A character of King Charles the 1st by the famous Mr. Alexander Henderson, on his Dea th-bed. 3dly Montrose's Declaration when he returned to Scotland, Anno 1650. 4thly. The Declaration of the Commission of the Kirk, in Answer to it. 5thly, Two Poems done by Montrose. As Also, Fif teen letters to Montrose, from King Charles the 1st, His Queen, K ing Charles the 2d, and Prince… Read More

NY/East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop. 1899. 1st ed. 12mo, handmade paper, gray-green limp suede covers with gilt titl es, red satin paste-downs and tie. #557/950 copies, signed by Elb ert Hubbard. Fine; backstrip lightly faded and light fade line ac ross top of upper cover. [Livingston suppl. p. 137] .

NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. Fine. 1923. 1st US.. 8vo, black cloth, t.e.g., gilt emblem on front, paper labels. Fir st American edition.The War service of the 1st Battalion Irish Gu ards from 1914 to 1918. Meticulously researched from primary sour ces, Kipling undertook this regimental history following the deat h in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos. A classic work . 9 maps. Fine, as-new copies; vol. 1 in nicked d/w; d/w lacki ng on Vol 2. [Livingston 483, Richards A341] .

Bath: Printed for Private Circulation. Good. 1873. 1st ed.. Inscribed by author . 1st ed., 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt decorations an d lettering. 41 [2] i-xxxiii. Tipped in photographic frontispiece of “Wordsworth’s Glen.” [See note below] A talk about the Quantock Hills area of southwest England, where Coleridge and Wo rdsworth wrote Lyrical Ballads, which Nichols writes about the la ndscape as well as some of the other "Quantock Poets," including Charles Lamb, Thomas Lovell Beddoes and Charles Lloyd. Gift inscr iption on FFEP “with the writer’s compliments” to Welsh mat hematician, photographer, and painter Rev. Calvert R. Jones, [180 4-1877]. We believe Jones may have provided the frontispiece phot o -- it is uncredited -- which would make this an especially appe aling association copy. A mathematician, musician, painter and pa rson, Calvert Richard Jones was… Read More

London Chapman and Hall . Fair. 1839. 1st edition. First edition in book form. 1st state. 8vo, three-quarter crushed black morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine with raised bands. viii, 526 pp. t.e.g. . e/frontispiece which is often missing. Other points: p.526 l.18 having the words 'reeledbefore' run together and all plates follo wing p.120 with publisher's imprint at bottom. Publisher’s addr ess reading '186, Strand'. A fresh, tight, textually clean copy. Cohn, 234; Eckel 15-22; Gimbel A7; Hatton & Cleaver, p.103; Jerro ld, p.364. . Block Good. Covers: worn but intact, with heavy rubbing to corn ers, edges, and spine. [see photos];. Front gutter partially crac ked but not separated. Text block is clean and tight overall but heavy toning and occasional light foxing to most of the plate mar gins and versos, not affecting the image or the facing text. Vint age bookplate on front pastedown as well as vintage description f rom a dealer catalog. Owners… Read More

London: Effingham Wilson. Fair. 1833. 1st ed.. Full title: Sunday in London, Illustrated in Fourteen Cuts, by Ge orge Cruikshank, a Few Words by a Friend of His; with a Copy of S ir Andrew Agnew's Bill. With frontispiece, engraved title, nine f ull-page woodcuts and three vignettes. 1st ed., 12mo, full polish ed tan calf, gilt rules and lettering, t.e.g. [iv] 105 pp. [24 pu blisher’s catalog] A satire on the English Sabbatarians and the ir leader Sir Andrew Agnew. Condition: Fair. The interior clean and bright overall with few pages darkened or spotted; one page o f the catalog with a small closed tear. The major defect is the back board is detached, front board nearly so, and 1/3 of spine c hipped away. .